Flowers for Algernon Flashcards
(35 cards)
On April 3 Charlie remembers when his baby sister was brought home. One night she was crying and Charlie went to her crib to pick her up. His mother found him and
a) Thanked him for trying to care for the baby
b) Slapped him in the face
c) Took the baby away
d) Told him to go back to bed
b) Slapped him in the face
When Joe Carp and Frank Reilly invited Charlie to a party, they really wanted
a) To help and support him
b) Play cards with him
c) Make fun of him
d) Teach him to drive
c) Make fun of him
Charlie meets his father who is now a
a) Barber
b) Bitter and angry man
c) Salesman
d) Teacher
a) Barber
The Algernon-Gordon Effect
a) Is a theory
b) States that the decline of artificial intelligence is proportional to the rate of increase
c) States that the incline of artificial intelligence is dependent on cortical stimulus
d) Was publish in Nature
b) States that the decline of artificial intelligence is proportional to the rate of increase
What foreshadows Charlie’s deterioration of his intelligence?
a) A soothsayer warns him
b) He has trouble working the mixer
c) He has difficulty with is relationships
d) Algernon becomes aggressive and has difficulty with the maze
d) Algernon becomes aggressive and has difficulty with the maze
What does Charlie’s mother do when he and Norma embrace?
a) She starts to cry.
b) She joins the group hug.
c) She accuses him of being sexually perverted and attacks him with a knife.
d) She eats toast.
c) She accuses him of being sexually perverted and attacks him with a knife.
How have Norma and Charlie’s roles been reversed?
a) He is smarter than her and she is afraid of their mother.
b) She is working at the bakery.
c) It is believed she is dead.
d) She is afraid at home.
a) He is smarter than her and she is afraid of their mother.
Why does Charlie fear sexual intimacy?
a) His sexual development has been compromised by his developmental delay.
b) He is innocent.
c) His mother taught him sexuality is bad and he will be punished for normal sexual feelings.
d) He has difficulty communicating his feelings.
c) His mother taught him sexuality is bad and he will be punished for normal sexual feelings.
Why is Charlie so disappointed in the people at the conference?
a) They are boring.
b) They see him as an experiment, not a person.
c) Their research is flawed.
d) The scope of their knowledge is limited to the small area of their research.
d) The scope of their knowledge is limited to the small area of their research.
How does Charlie deal with is impending doom?
a) He gets angry and depressed.
b) He accepts his fate with dignity.
c) He finds a solution to the problem.
d) He copes by sleeping too much.
a) He gets angry and depressed.
What does Fay think Algernon’s maze is?
a) A cognitive map.
b) A science experiment.
c) A contemporary art installation.
d) Animal abuse.
a) A cognitive map.
The author uses _____ when Charlie visits the Warren State Home.
a) Purpose
b) Foreshadowing
c) Diction
d) Allegory
b) Foreshadowing
When Charlie made improvements to the mixer, Mr. Donner
a) Gave him a fifty dollar bonus
b) Gave him a ten dollar a week raise
c) Gave him some bread
d) both a and b
d) both a and b
On May 11 Charlie and Miss Kinnean go
a) To see a movie and dinner
b) For a walk
c) To the lab
d) To a conference
a) To see a movie and dinner
As Charlie gets smarter, he beings to remember his childhood. How did the other children treat him in his memories on April 17?
a) They shared their toys with him.
b) They helped him to read.
c) They assaulted him.
d) They invited him to join their baseball team.
c) They assaulted him.
Fay is
a) His neighbour, a lover of dance, and an artist.
b) Charlie’s neighbour
c) An artist
d) Likes to dance
a) His neighbour, a lover of dance, and an artist.
When Charlie meets his mother again she
a) Is living in a state home
b) Is working as a waitress
c) Has evolved as a person
d) Has dementia (Alzheimers)
d) Has dementia (Alzheimers)
At the end of the novel Charlie
a) Stays with Alice
b) Returns to his old job
c) Decides to go to the Warren State Home
d) Makes friends with Dr. Strauss
c) Decides to go to the Warren State Home
How does Norma’s memory differ from Charlie’s?
a) She remembers the good times, he the bad
b) She remembers her mum being kind, he remembers her being cruel
c) He remembers her shame, she remembers being ashamed and jealous that he got more attention than her
d) She remembers her mother as being warm and fun
c) He remembers her shame, she remembers being ashamed and jealous that he got more attention than her
How does Charlie try to overcome his fear of being intimate with Fay?
a) He goes for counselling.
b) He gets drunk.
c) He talks with her about it.
d) He makes sure she understand his pace is different from hers.
b) He gets drunk.
How do Joe and Gimpy characters change at the end of the book?
a) They become protective of Charlie.
b) They become more intelligent.
c) They work at the Warren House.
d) They join the experiment.
a) They become protective of Charlie.
What happens to derail Strauss and Nemur’s presentation at the conference?
a) They get lost.
b) A flaw in the research design is revealed.
c) They did not have ethical approval for their research.
d) Algernon and Charlie escape.
d) Algernon and Charlie escape.
Algernon’s death could be seen as a metaphor for
a) The end of Charlie’s intelligence
b) The end of Charlie’s innocence
c) The death of Charlie and Alice’s relationship
d) The death of Charlie’s intelligence
d) The death of Charlie’s intelligence
The author, Daniel Keyes, uses _______ to demonstrate the rise and decline of Charlie’s intellect.
a) Voice
b) Symbolism
c) Foreshadowing
d) Prediction
a) Voice
